Fun with Dick and Guido

Covering the Marc by Marc Jacobs show is always a blast. Sure, we all know that it's really important beauty-wise, everyone who is backstage at this show just seems a little cooler and more laid back. Even Dick Page and Guido Palau, who had 41 models to paint and ponytail to perfection, were chilled.

The Look: Dick did his nearly-naked skin thing, and he kept the eyelids clean, too. For a jolt of color, he brushed a bold magenta lipstick onto the girls' lips. The lipstick was in a lab sample jar—so Dick sorta had a mad scientist vibe. (He told me the shade was a work in progress for Shiseido.)

As for the hair, Guido gave 'em messy ponytails, and rubbed a little styling cream into the hair for texture's sake. Many of the girls wore berets.

Oh, and from the News Desk of Things That Just Won't Die: Moody nail polish is still rocking Marc's world. The girls were wearing el-cheapola Brucci nail lacquer in a blue-black shade.

The Gossip: Because Marc by Marc always has the most gorgeous, young models—and so many of them are boys—there was major college dorm room-style flirting going on. A bunch of cute, rockerish guys ate in the corner and looked over at the girl models who were chit-chatting and smiling back at them. One girl kept kneeing some guy's butt. He didn't look the least bit bothered. But I, my friends, felt like a voyeur.

Lesson Learned: Makeup artists are obsessed with the Beauty Blender! Dick's assistant, Louie Sibley and his makeup artist posse were giving me the hard sell about how that chubby, hot pink $20 sponge makes foundation look airbrushed, and they promised it doesn't soak up all of the liquid foundation you dip it in (like most sponges do). Clearly, I need to go shopping.